Couple of Questions for Eric Schmidt

During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Orlando 2009, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt spoke to gartner's
Analysts and some of the TOP points that came out and my questions to Eric on the same:

1. Five years from now the internet will be dominated by Chinese-language content.
Question 1 - With the amount of sensorship in China - why do you think "Chinese content will Dominate?" Just the Volume of content or Value of content?

2. Five years is a factor of ten in Moore's Law, meaning that computers will be capable of far more by that time than they are today.

Good for us!

3. Within five years there will be broadband well above 100MB in performance - and distribution distinctions between TV, radio and the web will go away.

I hope this happens... very optimistic approach from Eric I must say...

4. "We're starting to make significant money off of Youtube", content will move towards more video.

5. "Real time information is just as valuable as all the other information, we want it included in our search results."

6. "We can index real-time info now - but how do we rank it?"

7. It's because of this fundamental shift towards user-generated information that people will listen more to other people than to traditional sources. Learning how to rank that "is the great challenge of the age." Schmidt believes Google can solve that problem.

Question 2: "Why do you want to rank that information at all?" If I am following someone and I am going to take a decision based on that individual's recommendation, then I have built my ranking algorithm in my mind...so why do I need google to tell me the rank for the same?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHxub_yQfig

Jay Hind - The Future of Indian TV is here.

I have been away from writing on my blog for few months now. Work kept me so busy that I didn’t get time or maybe I didn’t jump up in excitement to write about something. Though, after this long break, I found something really interesting. Jay Hind produced by Undercover productions (was not sure if it existed J) in association with Buzzintown.com is the 1^st late night standup comedy show on Internet (youtube channel) in India and this indeed made me jump in excitement and here I am writing about it.

I see the future of Indian TV in this stand-up comedy show. This series is path breaking for Indian TV and the power of Internet in India. If this series becomes a hit and starts making revenues to become profitable, then this will be the 1^st gen TV series online and can give birth to more talented players to come online to provide content and be profitable while running the shows.

I am a firm believer that solid content will find it’s FAN following… and evidently I have seen over 1250 Fans of this show already on Facebook FAN page of Jay Hind growing rapidly by word of mouth in just a month or so.

Jay Hind team has done a wonderful job in creating the same magic of Movers and Shakers as Abhigyan Jha brings in his expertise and creativity to tickle the funny bone with the sarcasm, pun, entertaining and funny conversations, hilarious disclaimers and very well executed gags by Sumeet Raghavan and off-course the Divya aka Savita Bhabhi!

After having not watched TV in a long time, this show re-affirms that it was worth NOT watching the idiot box. The same old boring Saas Bahu $#%) and those cameras panning to every joker’s face gives me total grief. Jay Hind comes as a refreshing change and cuts across the clutter and provides solid entertainment. Interestingly, I am trying to see when I will start seeing ads in the breaks on this show. Presently they are building the momentum for getting the eye balls and with few million people on Internet these eye balls are coming very soon for this show.

Jay hind is leveraging the Social media well for it’s promotion. After the 1^st month of it’s launch in August it has crossed over 1 million views. You can:

Follow Jay Hind on Twitter
Become a Jay Hind Fan on Facebook
Subscribe to Youtube channel of JayhindTV
Check it out on Buzzintown.com

Mumbai Local Trains Stopped by Protestors

4th Feb 2009: 10.00 AM - This is a 1st hand account where I have seen and recorded the Mumbai Local Trains breakdown.

Protesters have stopped Mumbai Local Trains today morning and thousands of daily commuters have been stranded and they are walking to nearby stations and there is an utter chaos all around the city. News is coming from various local railway train stations in mumbai. Protestors have blocked Western Line, Borivili, Kandivili, Malad, Goregaon, Andheri, Bandra, Dadar, and many more Railway Stations affected. Watch the Video coverage here.




Apparently people are demanding for more trains to be started because of massive rush in all the local trains and the inconvenience it causes people every day morning.

The local trains are jam packed and there is not even enough space to breathe. People are subjected to so much inconvenience that literally people punch and push you. Not to mention that people who have paid over Rs. 1000 for their passes for First Class compartments they also have to travel like a general class dabba as the number of wagons for 1st class is very limited.

This kind of poor service of the railways has highlighted earlier, however, today morning suddenly commuters have decided to take the situation and government to the task.

Today morning's scene was horrible and so many people have been affected and so much of inconvenience has been caused to the daily commuters. People have got late to their offices, many appointments have been canceled and there is complete chaos and unruly behaviour at stations. Especially women passengers who had to walk down after getting down from trains, all sorts of people are taking cheap advantages.

This also makes me wonder, why always people have to take things in there hand and the government doesn't seem to take it up on there own?

Podcasting Myth - You Need an iPod to listen to podcasts!

There are a lot of myths regarding Podcasting...people think they need iPods to listen to podcasts. Is it the rhyming names "POD"cast and i"POD" creating the myth?

Anyways...here is a video or I should say a public announcement which shatters the myths:
A podcasting "public service announcement" by Toronto band Uncle Seth http://musicface.com/uncleseth/ Co-written by John C. Havens of the About.com Guide To Podcasting http://podcasting.about.com/

naseba Launch Party - The biggest launch party of 2008

Global Business Information and Strategic Events company, naseba, headquartered in Monaco is hosting 2008's biggest launch party in Bangalore. Official Radio Partner Radio Indigo!

Date: 14th June 2008
Time: 8 PM Onwards
Venue: Chancery Pavilion, Residency Road, Ballroom

Featuring: DJ TUHIN / DJ NASH/ MC DHIVIK

The Ballroom at the Chancery Pavilion (Residency Road) is all set to explode again this Saturday Night with 2 huge forces coming together under one roof for the 1st time... Dj Tuhin & Dj Nash!

Mr. Brute Force (DJ Tuhin) headlining the night with a signature set of wall-bouncing energi-tech... Need I say more??

Our own DJ Nash, is gonna set the mood for a killer Saturday Night, with red hot Bouncy, Clubby house tracks set to turn the dance floors crazy!!

MC Dhivik is there to keep the energy levels high as usual.

The full ballroom is going to be opened for the first time - with mind blowing sound, lights & huge lasers beaming across!

ONE PARTY U CANT AFFORD TO MISS!!!

Event managed by Rapsody Inc. For guest list and details, contact 9886514452 or 9342566874.

naseba Corporate Video!

naseba Videos on Youtube and Technorati

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Naseba Dubai

Top 5 Viral-Video Ads of 2007

Top 5 Viral-Video Ads of 2007 - A true Viral Marketing strategy well executed
Cadbury’s gorilla drummer ad, with more than 5 million views for the original video on YouTube, was the top viral-video ad, followed by Smirnoff’s Green Tea Partay, with 3.4m views, according to agency GoViral, reports the Financial Times.
The top 5 viral-video ads:
Cadbury - Gorilla Drummer, launched online in August; agency: Fallon.
Smirnoff - Green Tea Partay, launched online in August; agency: JWT, New York.
Ray-Ban - Catch Sunglasses, launched online in May; agency, Cutwater.
Blendtec - Will it Blend? launched online in July.
Lynx/Axe – Bom chicka wah wah, launched online in May; agency BBH, Copenhagen.

Mozilla Addons Rock

Though I write this blog entry using IE browser, I wanted to share some things which I see rocking in Mozilla Firefox.

As advertized by Mozilla, firefox does speed-up your speed of browsing, but what it additionally offers is these Add-Ons which are really cool.

You can visit this URL https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/recommended to find the reccomended Add-Ons by Firefox.

Some of these which I personally like are:

Yoono
While you are surfing, Yoono instantly suggests what others have discovered: websites, people and articles. Create a rich scrapbook of your favorite stuff with the new "Buzz It!" feature, one-click grab and share videos, photos and texts from any web page. Yoono keeps your scrapbook and original Firefox bookmarks synchronized across your computers.

ScribeFire
ScribeFire (previously Performancing for Firefox) is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog.

CoolIris Preview
Cooliris Previews gives you the power to browse and share Web links and rich media faster. Just mouse over any link, and the Cooliris preview window immediately appears to show you the content. To email it, just click.

Another reason why I like this one is that it reminds me of the Song "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, one of my all time favourite. Lyrics and the music is ossum!

del.icio.us
This extension seamlessly integrates your browser with del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/), the leading social bookmarking service on the Web.

ChatZilla
A clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.

LinkedIn Companion

LinkedIn is an online network of more than 10.5 million experienced professionals. LinkedIn helps you be more effective in your daily work and opens doors to opportunities by helping you develop and manage your network of business...

My LinkedIn profile can be easily accessed and update, whenever I need to!


Do share if come across some interesting Firefox Addins. I would love to read your comments. Download firefox and new google toolbar for better browsing experience.

Coorg, your relaxing holiday destination!

With ever increasing pressures of work, family chores, daily hustle and mundane routines, u'd need a relaxing and soothing holiday. I recently visisted Coorg and got exactly what I was waiting for quite a long time.

Coorg enjoys the incomparable scenic beauty, lush green valleys, coffee plantations, teak wood forests & majestic mountain ranges. Add to that a strong, brave martial race of Coorgs (Kodavas) that reveres tradition, has a distinct culture and lives life to its fullest.

Coorg is situated on the Western Ghats of Karnataka in South India. For the adventurous at heart, it is an absolute treat. There are trekking, golfing and angling (Mahaseer too!) options available. Religious trips abound on Hindu and Buddhist circuits. Family getaways can be easily arranged. You can also relax your body and mind with special Ayurvedic massages. Coorg is also as trendy and happening as its close neighbour Bangalore.


Some Videos from Coorg trip